Costigan’s attorney, Gerald Acker, said it is believed he was intoxicated and had been served alcohol on the flight.

Finkley continued to rub Costigan’s leg and put his hands up her shorts despite her repeated requests for him to stop, the lawsuit says.

“I was trapped and unable to flee,” Costigan said at a press conference Tuesday. “And with my daughter and her friends in the row behind me, I was frozen in terror. Delta Airlines flight staff “could have stopped this, but instead chose not to.”